Joe Davis

Joseph Davis
OBE
Born	15 Apryle 1901; Whitwell, Derbyshire
Dee'd	10 Julie 1978 (aged 77); Hampshire
Sport kintra	Ingland
Professional	1919–1964
Heichest break	147 (1955)
Toornament wins
Major	22
Warld Champion	1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1946;

Joe Davis OBE (15 Apryle 1901 – 10 Julie 1978) wis an Inglis professional snooker an Inglis billiards player. He wis the dominant figure in snooker frae the 1920s tae the 1950s. He won the first 15 Warld Championships frae 1927 tae 1946.

Efter his 1946 veectory he no langer played in the Warld Championship but continued tae play in ither toornaments an exhibition matches until 1964. He wis Warld Billiards Champion fower times atween 1928 an 1932.

Career finals

Snooker warld championship finals

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1	1927	Professional Snooker Championship	Tom Dennis	16–7^[a]
Winner	2	1928	Professional Snooker Championship	Fred Lawrence	16–13
Winner	3	1929	Professional Snooker Championship	Tom Dennis	17–12^[b]
Winner	4	1930	Professional Snooker Championship	Tom Dennis	25–12
Winner	5	1931	Professional Snooker Championship	Tom Dennis	25–21
Winner	6	1932	Professional Snooker Championship	Clark McConachy	25–18^[c]
Winner	7	1933	Professional Snooker Championship	Willie Smith	25–18
Winner	8	1934	Professional Snooker Championship	Tom Newman	25–22
Winner	9	1935	Warld's Professional Snooker Championship	Willie Smith	25–20^[d]
Winner	10	1936	Warld Snooker Championship	Horace Lindrum	31–27^[e]
Winner	11	1937	Warld Snooker Championship	Horace Lindrum	31–28^[f]
Winner	12	1938	Warld Snooker Championship	Sidney Smith	31–23^[g]
Winner	13	1939	Warld Snooker Championship	Sidney Smith	37–25^[h]
Winner	14	1940	Warld Snooker Championship	Fred Davis	37–35^[i]
Winner	15	1946	Warld Snooker Championship	Horace Lindrum	73–62^[j]

Other snooker tournament wins

Daily Mail Gold Cup – 1936,^[1] 1937, 1938
Sunday Empire News Tournament – 1949
News of the Warld Tournament – 1950, 1953, 1956, 1960^[k]
Sporting Record Masters' Tournament – 1950^[2]

Billiards warld championship finals

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score	Ref.
Runner-up	1	May 1926	Billiards Association an Control Club Championship	Tom Newman	9,505–16,000	(pp212–213)
Runner-up	2	May 1927	Billiards Association an Control Club Championship	Tom Newman	14,763–16,000	(pp212–213)
Winner	1	May 1928	Billiards Association an Control Club Championship	Tom Newman	16,000–14,874	(pp212–213)
Winner	2	Apryle 1929	Billiards Association an Control Club Championship	Tom Newman	18,000–17,219	(pp212–213)
Winner	3	May 1930	Billiards Association an Control Club Championship	Tom Newman	20,198–20,117	(pp212–213)
Winner	4	Mairch 1932	Billiards Association an Control Club Championship	Clark McConachy	25,161–19,259	(pp212–213)
Runner-up	3	May 1933	Warld Professional Championship of Inglis Billiards	Walter Lindrum	21,121–21,815	(pp212–213)
Runner-up	4	October 1934	Warld Professional Championship of Inglis Billiards	Walter Lindrum	22,678–23,553	(pp212–213)

↑ Score after "dead frames": 20–11
↑ Score after "dead frames": 19–14
↑ Score after "dead frames": 30–19
↑ Score after "dead frames": 28–21
↑ Score after "dead frames": 34–27
↑ Score after "dead frames": 32–29
↑ Score after "dead frames": 37–24
↑ Score after "dead frames": 43–30
↑ Score after "dead frame": 37–36
↑ Score after "dead frames": 78–67
↑ played as "Snooker Plus"

References

↑ "Snooker Gold Cup won by Davis". Morning Bulletin. 21 December 1936. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
↑ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Suffolk: Rose Villa Publications. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Bibliography

Davis, Joe (1929) [First published 1928]. Billiards Up-Tae-Date. John Lang. ASIN B0008BPL3M.
Davis, Joe (1946) [First published 1936]. Improve Your Snooker. Lunnon: Methuen Publishing. ASIN B000WVCH8A.
Davis, Joe (1954). Advanced Snooker. Country Life. ASIN B0000CJ1MO.
Davis, Joe (1956). How I Play Snooker. Country Life. ASIN B0000CJK63.
Davis, Joe (1974). Complete Snooker. W. H. Allen. ISBN 0-491-01521-6.
Davis, Joe (1976). The braks Came My Way – Autobiography. W. H. Allen. ISBN 0-491-01686-7. Retrieved 9 September 2009.

[1] Score after "dead frames": 20–11

[2] Score after "dead frames": 19–14

[3] Score after "dead frames": 30–19

[4] Score after "dead frames": 28–21

[5] Score after "dead frames": 34–27

[6] Score after "dead frames": 32–29

[7] Score after "dead frames": 37–24

[8] Score after "dead frames": 43–30

[9] Score after "dead frame": 37–36

[10] Score after "dead frames": 78–67

[12] yed as "Snooker Plus"

[11] "Snooker Gold Cup won by Davis". Morning Bulletin. 21 December 1936. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

[13] Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Suffolk: Rose Villa Publications. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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Toornament wins

Born	15 Apryle 1901(1901-04-15) Whitwell, Derbyshire
Dee'd	10 Julie 1978(1978-07-10) (aged 77) Hampshire
Sport kintra	Ingland
Professional	1919–1964
Heichest break	147 (1955)
Major	22
Warld Champion	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1946